Living low carb in an Asian world

Category: Recipes

The family has been all excited this week. We adopted Midas, a 6 year old Scottish Terrier. His dark little face and bushy eyebrows worked into our hearts and when he climbed three times into kid#2’s lap, the deal was done. We’ve been waiting to get a dog for a while. Kid#1 grew up, unfortunately, … More Low Carb Chocolate Yogurt Waffles

I grew up liking the colour green. And this preference has stuck and friends know that because my iPad case, water bottle, pencil case and files are all green in colour, and to be accurate a cheery shade of lime green! When I was a kid our family home was undergoing a repainting and for … More Pandan Coconut Muffins

Kid#2 just turned 17! She and her chickpea gang landed in my place for her birthday lunch. They had just gone through their graduation ceremony from secondary school, which was why they had time away from the crazy grind of junior college studies. So after the orgy of photo taking they were more than ready … More Low Carb Smoked Salmon and Mushroom Tart

I think I may soon regret issuing pantry challenges to friends. One thing in common with friends I know who cook regularly is that our pantries are stuffed full of odd ingredients that have been accumulated over time. I regularly receive food gifts that include the exotic, and my spice cupboard overfloweth. I’ve been on … More Low Carb Edamame Falafel

I do have a lot of friends who don’t cook and don’t really understand why I like pottering around in the kitchen. I take great delight in chopping onions and garlic…there is something about the rhythm of chopping and dicing that is really soothing. I’m not as fast a chopper as those guys on Iron … More Giant Low Carb Meatball

So friend E and I were at a Greek restaurant for lunch yesterday and enjoying the freshness of the Greek salad and the lovely taste of good olive oil. Needless to say our conversation revolves around food and by the time we rolled out of Bakalaki Greek Taverna we had pitched a challenge to each … More Low carb lemon curd cake sandwiches

Chocolate makes everything good. Actually not all chocolate makes everything good…I confess that I’m a little persnickety about the kind of chocolate I put into my desserts…gone are the childhood days where we used to use Van Houten’s cocoa powder and baking chocolate that I remember tasting much like plastic. I recently asked kid#2 what … More No Bake Low Carb Chocolate Granola Clusters

It’s amazing how much better homemade is compared to store-bought. Friend M recently gave a low carb talk and asked me to make some dips for the attendees to try with the crackers he had brought from the Ben Banter line. Apparently the red pepper dip was a hit and people wanted to know where … More Red Pepper Dip

My kitchen has been under attack. This morning I woke up wanting to make a batch of chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips and discovered right at the end of mixing my ingredients that my peanut butter chips which I just bought 2 days ago had completely disappeared. Needless to say it ended up with … More Low Carb Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

It’s the school holidays and everyone seems to have left Singapore! My Facebook feed seems to be littered with holiday pictures (and strangely, even pictures of airplanes and airplane tickets). I’m pretty much stuck in Singapore however as kid#1 is in the army and doesn’t have much leave, and kid#2 has a crazy schedule and … More Instant Pot Japanese Beef Stew

ASIAN LOW CARB FOOD QUEST

It's Singapore. The natives are restless. They seem to think of food from the time they wake up in the morning till the wee hours of the morning. To survive this food jungle, low carbers must go on a quest to discover how to avoid traps like rice, noodles and wheat. Join me on this journey of rediscovering Asian food the low-carb way. You may yet survive this quest.